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title: Identify the principal deficiency of the response "Because I said so… — "Because I said so" and other dead-end… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal deficiency of the response "Because I said so" when offered in reply to the question "Why?". Exam question 1 of lesson 163 «"Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 1 · "Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons

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Identify the principal deficiency of the response "Because I said so" when offered in reply to the question "Why?".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, I · **What happens:** identify, say, offer · **To what, where:** principal deficiency, reply · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 163 «"Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/world/163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal deficiency of the response "Because I said so" when offered in reply to the question "Why?".
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	deficiency	deficiency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
14	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	15	mark	_	_
15	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	advcl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
21	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal deficiency of the response |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent deficiency=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **offer** | participle | I *not said here* |  |  | reply to the question |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It identifies the person deciding but supplies no reason

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:e1:o1:1
# text = It identifies the person deciding but supplies no reason
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	deciding	decide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	supplies	supply	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | present | It | the person |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme |
| 2 | **decide** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **supply** | present |  | no reason |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It relies too heavily upon scientific evidence that a child cannot follow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:e1:o2:1
# text = It relies too heavily upon scientific evidence that a child cannot follow
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	relies	rely	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	heavily	heavily	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	scientific	scientific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rely** | present | It |  |  |  |  | upon scientific evidence; heavily *property* | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **follow** | can | a child | scientific evidence *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It contradicts the established bedtime

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:e1:o3:1
# text = It contradicts the established bedtime
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	contradicts	contradict	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contradict** | present | It | the established bedtime |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is excessively detailed for a child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons:e1:o4:1
# text = It is excessively detailed for a child
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	excessively	excessively	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	detailed	detailed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | for a child; detailed, excessively *property* | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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